New accelerator launched to commercialize innovations
Reading Time: 3 minutes New industry-led accelerator will address the earliest barriers faced by researchers just starting on the path…
Virtual clinic pilot sees success in rural Alberta community
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A spinoff company launches MedROAD virtual clinic in Alberta, making long-distance health care a…
Researchers developing treatment for protective wear that kills viruses
Reading Time: 3 minutes ‘Self-decontaminating’ medical gowns and masks could also be washed and reused, says U of A textile…
Twenty stories that defined the University of Alberta in 2020
Reading Time: 7 minutes In a year of unprecedented challenges, the people of the U of A gave us plenty…
Turn your seasonal business into a year-round money-maker
Reading Time: 4 minutes Seasonal businesses can be derailed by weather, economy, technology, social changes or just down-right bad luck.…
Synthetic meat is the new frontier of food
Reading Time: 4 minutes If our livestock farmers were threatened by the plant-based revolution, they haven’t seen anything yet
Synthetic modelling helping solve future problems
Reading Time: 3 minutes RunWithIt Synthetics uses machine learning to help clients anticipate the complex reality their projects will operate…
‘Lungs in a box’ could ease organ shortage
Reading Time: 4 minutes Donated lungs viable for up to six times longer than storing them in ice before transplant
New battery research could help power the future
Reading Time: 3 minutes Redox flow battery technology has promising applications for storing energy from renewable sources
Eliminating humans from the food supply chain
Reading Time: 3 minutes Loblaws will be able to move food from automated picking facilities multiple times a day to…